I can never understand still partying so hard out of your 20s. The older I got hang overs would last 2 days.
When you have all the money in the world it's
incredibly easy to get whatever you want at any time. Most likely always high quality/pure stuff. While that in one sense is "best" so you aren't buying shit mixed with gods knows what or just lower end substances. It also means stronger, purer and often quicker for your body to get hooked on and demand in a constant intake.
Ultimately, addictions destroy the lives of any person, no matter their income. It just so happens that when money isn't an issue addictions to "higher end" drugs are more likely. Often leading to cocktails of high-end drugs too which is a big concern. That's what often kills a lot of people, mixing a lot of shit together. It's why soo many stars, actors, musicians and so on end up overdosing or having careers full of substance abuse. It's the easy way out to the struggles of life, and if money isn't an issue it breaks down one barrier many lower down the food chain have trying to sustain addiction to the higher end substances. Even if it's not about escaping life's problems, it's getting hooked on the ridiculous highs some drugs can give. Highs which are hard to genuinely reproduce in life through other means.
Even with all we try and do to help addicts, people ultimately make their own decisions. The risks you take with using drugs for fun, or using them as a coping mechanism for life are always well known. It's not always about education, although that is still required to aid people in making choices in life they know the consequences around. While I do not support any war on drugs or obsessions over making personal use have disproportionate charges/sentences, I do not get behind some who have such a carefree attitude around all drugs that they almost make a mockery of the millions struggling with substance abuse/addiction. It's good for you if you're convinced you can handle coke every week like a boss at parties, but that doesn't change the properties of the substance, effects or what it can do to many addicts lives.
I'm doing a fair bit of work on addictions in my line of study right now. Fascinating, but, as always, sometimes heartbreaking to see what can end up happening to people.
